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Casearia bourdillonii
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Casearia bourdillonii N. Mukh., Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 19: 109. 1965, p.p; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 8. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 17. 1998; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 262. 2005.
Casearia varians auct. non Thw. 1864: Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 592. 1879,p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 521(368). 1919.
Casearia championii sensu R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 391. 1993, non Thw. 1858.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vella-kunnan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees, to 10 m high, bark greyish, smooth, reddish-brown inside; young shoot glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; petiole 10-15 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 10-18 x 4-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 10-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, glabrous; intercostae reticulate. Flowers, 5 mm across, greenish-yellow, 3-9 together in axillary fascicles; pedicels hairy; calyx 4-5 lobed, sepals 3 mm across, margin ciliate; petals absent; stamens 8-10, alternating with as many staminodes, tufted at their apex, forming a ring attached below to the calyx tube; anthers with connectives produced into a small beak; ovary ovoid, 1-celled; style simple. Fruit a capsule 1.8 x 1.6 cm, globose, bright orange, ribs not prominent; seeds many, trigonus, red.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode, Pulipara
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